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FENCE.

No. 518,896. Patented Apr. 24, 1894.

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A'rnN'r JESSE C. QUINBY, OF NORWAY RIDGE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO I. W. QUINBY, OF WILMINGTON, OHIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,896, dated April24, 1894.

Application filed May 4, 1893. Serial No. 473,007. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JESSE O. QUINBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norway Ridge, in the county of Monroe and State ofWisconsin, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fences;and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art towhichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to fences and has for its object to provide a fencewhich may be easily and cheaply erected and be more effective in usethan many well known fences of more costlyand complicated construction.

With this object in View my invention consists in the improvedconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and afterward specifically pointed out in the claims heretosubjoined.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a sectionof my irnproved fence looking from the outside, the pickets being madeof wire. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the same. Fig. 3 is aninside elevation of a slightly modified form of fence, and Fig. 4 is atransverse section of another modification.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in thevarious figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A is a base board which may be seton the ground as in Figs. l and 2 or may form the top board or rail of afence as in Figs. 3 and 4.

B, B are posts set (as usual) in the ground at a short distance insideof the base A.

C, O are pickets which rest at their lower ends on top of the base Aandare set at an inward, upward inclination thereto passing inward,beyond and upward slightly higher than the posts B, B. These pickets, asshown in the drawings, are made of wire or metal rods and two adjoiningpickets are made in one piece, the horizontal connecting portion b,resting on top of the base A.

D is the base line wire which connects the pickets at their-lower endsand I preferably wrap or coil it once or more around the lower end ofeach picket, as at c, c and secure it to the base at suitable intervalsby meansof staples, (or eyes if desired) as at d, d.

E is the'upper line wire which is preferably coiledor wrapped once ormore around each picket and is secured to the posts B, B, by means ofstaples e, e. The inclination of the pickets may be varied by securingthe upper line wire F. higher or lower on the posts, it

being possible to slide the coils on the pickets for that purpose, themanner of attaching the base line wire D to the base A permitting of apivotal movement on such baseline wire for the purposes of suchadjustment. The pickets are shown made of wire or metal rods, but theymay be made of wood or other material if desired.

In the foregoing description the base A is described as being set uponthe ground, and where a fence isl composed almost wholly of the inclinedpickets, this plan will be pursued and the base will be secured to theground by stakes driven into the ground and fastened to the base boardas at @,a. Where a higher fence is required or it is desired to apply myinvention to a fence already built, the base will be the top board orrail of the fence as shown in Figs. 3 and et. In Fig. 3 the fence F ismade of the well known wire netting and the usual'top board forms thebase A as will be readily understood. In Fig. 4 the inclined pickets areapplied to the ordinary wooden picket or paling fence, the top railthereof forming the base A with equally good results.

My improved fence is specially designed for use around poultry yards orruns and I have found by actual'practice, that a low fence, madeinvaccordance with my invention, will effectually confine poultry wherean ordinary fence twice as high will fail to accomplish this object. Ihave found that when my invention is used,the poultry will approach thebase of the fence so near, before attempting to ily over, that theinclined pickets will have the full effect of an over head netting andthat they will not make the attempt to ily over. I have effectuallyconfined Leghorn IOO chickens in a run or yard surrounded by an inclinedfence, made in accordance with my invention, only three feet high.

In utilizing my invention the pickets may be furnished to the userseparately from the wires, and the wires strung upon them where thefence is to be set up, or the pickets may be strung upon the wires bythe manufacturer and sold to the consumer in suitable lengths, as may bedesired.

Where the fence is intended to turn stock the posts may be set outsideand the base inside. In this construction hogs, or cattle, whenapproaching the fence, will not attempt to climb over it, the deterrenteffect being the same as with the well known bridge or railway cattleguards. When used for such purposes, the pickets will preferably be madeof wood and the base will be on the ground, as in Figs. l and 2.

In building my fence the inclination will be governed by the distancethe posts are set from the base, whether said base be a board on theground, or the top rail or board of a fence, or simply, stakes in theground to which the base line wire maybe stapled. This inclination maybe changed as hereinbefore stated, or by moving the post toward or fromthe base as desired. The line wires may be furnished with the loops orcoils in them, and slipped over the pickets when building the fence,after which they will be stretched, in the usual manner of stretchingfence wires, which will cause the loops to tightly bind and hold thepickets.

Having thus fully describedmy invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A fence consisting of inclined pickets secured together at theirlower ends by wire and supported near their upper ends by a line ofposts set a short distance from the lower line of support of saidpickets, as and for the purpose set forth'.

2. A fence consisting of a base, a line of posts set at a slightdistance from said base, and inclined pickets pivotally secured at theirlower ends to the base and near their upper ends secured to the posts,as and for the purpose set forth.

3'. A fence consistingof a base, a line ot' posts set a short distancefrom said base, a set of inclined pickets, a base line wire coiled orwrapped around the lower ends of the pickets and fastened to the base,and an upper line wire coiled or wrapped around the bodies of thepickets and secured to the line of posts substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. A fence consisting of a base, a line of posts set a short distancefrom said base, a set of inclined pickets a baseline wire coiled orwrapped around the lower ends of the pickets and fastened to the base bystaples whereby a pivotal movement of the pickets on the base ispermitted and an upper line wire coiled or wrapped around the bodies ofthe pickets and. secured to the line of posts substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

5. The fence herein described consisting of the double wire picketsconnected at their lower ends, the base to which said double picketsarepivotally secured, and the line of posts at a short distance from thebase to which the pickets are secured, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. Afence provided with atop rail or board, and a line of posts set ashort distance from the fence, in combination with inclined picketssecured at their lower ends to the top board or rail, and near theirupper ends` to the said line ot' posts as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JESSE C. QUINBY.

W'itnesses:

W. PRoTHERo, Mrs. R. M. PROTHERO.

